

It’s why we typically save our “mid-year” ranking for that deep breath between the end of summer escapism and the awards season push that begins in September. Compared to last year, 2021 feels like a sunny balm, particularly now that the heaviest hitters and biggest surprises of July and the dog days of summer have landed. Nonetheless, it’s still good to be back in those old familiar places, as well as to have an ever expanding list of options to discover on streaming.

But box office reports paint an ambiguous future, and many casual moviegoers clearly remain reluctant about returning to the cinema. and UK, and remain so in at least one of those venues.

For a time, theaters were once again open for big business in the U.S. Can you ever really go home? Millions of cinephiles are likely asking themselves this as summer 2021 winds down with doubt again lingering over their favorite movie houses.
